Research Projects

Party Policy Ambiguity and its Consequences for Political Representation and Satisfaction with Democracy

Principle investigator: Roni Lehrer
Research question 1: When do voters realize that party policy positions are ambiguous?
Research question 2: How do party policy ambiguity perceptions affect political representation?
Research question 3: How do party policy ambiguity perceptions affect satisfaction with democracy?
Sponsor: Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Duration: 18 months
Funding amount: EUR 145,000
Status: Approved, start planned for after my parental leave in 2022

Principle investigators: Annelies Blom (general PI) and Roni Lehrer (director of politics)
Research Question: How does the Corona pandemic change Germans' attitudes?
Sponsor: German Research Council (DFG) and Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Duration: 16 weeks (data collection), 36 months (data analysis)
Status: Approved (2020), data analysis ongoing (2020-2023)

Principle investigators: Thomas Bräuninger and Marc Debus
Research question: How does intra-party position-taking affect political reforms?
Sponsor: German Research Council (DFG)
Funding amount: EUR 444,000
Status: Concluded (2018-2022)

Principle investigators: Roni Lehrer and Sebastian Juhl
Research questions: How does intra-party politics affect citizens' party perceptions?
Sponsor: SFB 884 with funds from the German Research Council (DFG)
Funding amount: EUR 55,000
Status: Concluded (2019)

Principle investigators: Roni Lehrer and Nick Lin
Research question: How does intra-party fighting affect citizens' party perceptions?
Sponsor: SFB 884 with funds from the German Research Council (DFG)
Funding amount: EUR 85,000
Status: Concluded (2018-2019)